States with the fewest physicians joining primary care

Fewer medical trainees across the country are entering primary care, leading to a shortage of primary care providers, according to the Milbank Memorial Fund Health of U.S. Primary Care Baseline Scorecard Data Dashboard.

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The national average of physician trainees entering primary care was 20.4 percent.

Here are the 10 states with the fewest new physicians entering primary care:

State

% of new physicians entering primary care

New Hampshire

13.4 percent

Massachusetts

13.6 percent

Tennessee

14.2 percent

Missouri

14.9 percent

Utah

14.9 percent

Maryland

16.8 percent

Ohio

16.9 percent

Pennsylvania

17 percent

Georgia

17.9 percent

Florida

18.1 percent

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